Week 1 AUS Football Players of the Week: Reid, LeBlanc and Hope honoured

Aug 28, 2018

(HALIFAX, N.S.) - Running back Chris Reid and defensive back Skylar LeBlanc, both from the Mount Allison Mounties, along with Saint Mary's kicker Brian Hope, have been selected as the Week 1 AUS football players of the week for their respective performances this past weekend.

Mount Allison Mounties running back Chris Reid is the Atlantic University Sport football offensive player of the week for the week ending Aug. 26, 2018.

A fifth-year arts student from Brampton, Ont., Reid was named Subway Player of the Game in the Mounties 36-22 defeat of the Bishop's Gaiters in their home opener Saturday afternoon in Sackville, N.B.

He had 21 carries for 109 yards and a touchdown, as well as two receptions for 26 yards and a receiving touchdown.

Reid surpassed career 2,500 rushing yards this weekend. Following his first game of the season in his final year of eligibility, he now sits eighth in the AUS record books in this category with 2,509 career rushing yards.